Good (Original title)
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 17 April 2009 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Hungary, Cayman IslandsDirected by: Vicente Amorim
Synopsis: Drama exploring the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s and its appeal by telling the story through the eyes of an ordinary German family.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Nazism
Releases
Date: 17 April 2009Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: In cinemas: GoodAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Pages: 61-62
Title: ReviewsAuthor: KEMP, Philip Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Pages: 40-42
Title: Body languageAuthor: WRATHALL, John Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Screenwriter, John Wrathall discusses his experiences of watching his screenplay for GOOD being filmed. Highlights in particular Viggo Mortensen's interpretation of the role of the film's protagonist, John Halder.
In: Deathray n21 Oct/Nov 2009 Page: 42
Title: The Rim: Doing NothingAuthor: HALEY, Guy Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n9 September 2009 Page: 86
Title: Reviews: GoodAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n243 September 2009 Page: 129
Title: At home/DVD new: GoodAuthor: SMITH, Anna Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1667 14 Nov 2008 Page: 23
Title: Reviews: GoodAuthor: MCGAVIN, Patrick Z. Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1656 29 Aug 2008 Pages: 14-16,18,20,22-23
Title: The buck starts hereAuthor: SEGUIN, Denis [et al...] Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Overview of some of the challenges facing the Toronto International Film Festival as it aims to showcase Canadian talent despite tight funding. Plus brief previews of the films due to be screened during the 2008 festival.
In: Variety 15 Sep 2008 Page: 0
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: HARVEY, Dennis Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Web review.
In: Screen International n1597 18 May 2007 Page: 10
Title: People: Good timesAuthor: TUTT, Louise Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Brief profile of producer Miriam Segal and her efforts to ma ke GOOD, a look at the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930 s told from the perspective of an ordinary German family.
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 17 April 2009 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Hungary, Cayman IslandsDirected by: Vicente Amorim
Synopsis: Drama exploring the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930s and its appeal by telling the story through the eyes of an ordinary German family.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Nazism
Releases
Date: 17 April 2009Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 96 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Good Films, Production Company: Good Films, A co-production with: Miromar Entertainment AG, In association with: BBC Films, In association with: 120 db Films, LipSync Productions, Co-produced by: Laurin Entertainment, Presents: Aramid Entertainment Fund, International Sales: Odd Lot International, Executive Producer: Danielle Dajani, Executive Producer [Aramid]: Simon Fawcett, Executive Producer [120dB Films]: Stephen Hays, Executive Producer [Lipsync]: Peter Hampden, Executive Producer [OddLot - p'kit only]: Brian O'Shea, Produced by: Miriam Segal, Producer: Sarah Boote, Producer: Kevin Loader, Producer: Dan Lupovitz, Producer: Billy Dietrich, Co-producer: Michel Morales, [Hungarian] Co-producer: Kornél Sipos, Line Producer: B.J. Rack, Unit Production Manager: Éva Kovács, Production Co-ordinator: Virág Varga, Production Accountant: Lynne Montajane, Production Accountant: Dianne Twiddy, Production Accountant (Hungary): Katalin Németh, Réka Angyalosi, Hungarian Acc'g Services (Laurin Ent't): Enikö Halász, Hungarian Accg Services (Abacus Consult): Tamás Csutak, Lajos Nagy, Location Manager: Sándor Szabó, Location Scout: Álmos Varga, Post-production Supervisor: Russ Woolnough, Assistant Director (1st): Jessica Hurles Laws, Assistant Director (Hungarian): Zoltán Bonta, Assistant Director (2nd): Rita Nagy, Assistant Director (3rd): Éva Badacsonyi, Assistant Director (Additional): Gergö Márton, Script Supervisor: Cathy Doubleday, Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy, Laura Scott, Casting Director (Hungary): Péter Soós, Crowd Casting: Varjasi Veronika, Open Casting, Script Editor: Richard Mewis, Screenplay by: John Wrathall, Based on the stage play by: C.P. Taylor, Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn, Camera Operator: Gerry Vasbenter, Camera Operator (Additional): Rodrigo Monte, Mark Györy, Steadicam: Gerry Vasbenter, 1st Assistant Camera (A): Dermot Hickey, 2nd Assistant Camera (A): Darvas György, 2nd Assistant Camera (B): Párdányi Kristóf, 2nd Assistant Camera (C): Barczay Attila, Focus Puller (B Camera): Horváth Árpád, Focus Puller (C Camera): Komora Gábor, Focus Puller (Additional): Vesztergombi György, Central Clapper Loader: Drávucz Gellért, Gaffer: Paluch Krisztián, Rigging Gaffer: Bolla István, Key Grip: János Kiss, Video Assist: Kornéth Ádám, Stills Photographer: Larry D. Horricks, Visual Effects by: LipSync Post, LipSync (Visual Effects Co-ordinator): Samantha Tracey, Special Effects Master: Péter Szilágyi, Special Effects: István Béres Wanek, Special Effects: Attila Sarkadi, Special Effects: Gábor Styevko, Pyrotechnics: Ferenc Török, Pyrotechnics: Ferenc Gombás, Pyrotechnics: Attila Vásári, Pyrotechnics: Ferenc Hábetler, Pyrotechnics: Attila Török, Pyrotechnics: Csaba Török, Graphic Designer: Márton Kenczler, Editor: John Wilson, Assistant Editor: Sascha Dhillon, Production Designer: Andrew Laws, Supervising Art Director: Andreas Olshausen, Art Director: Adrienn Asztalos, Stand-by Art Director: Rhian Nicholas, Art Department Co-co-ordinator: Adrienne Kun, Set Designer: Árpád Iványi, Set Decorator: Daniele Drobny, Set Dresser: Imre Nagy, Story Board Artist: Allan Rabelo, Construction Manager: József Kiss, Costume Designer: Györgyi Szakács, Wardrobe Supervisor: János Breckl, Make-up Designer: Erzsébet Forgács, Make-up Artist: Judit Endrényi, Make-up Artist: Ágnes Petrovics, Györgyi Nagy, Key Hairdresser: Ildikó Aradi, Titles: Howard Watkins, Titles: Julia Hall, Digital Grading: LipSync Post, Camera Equipment/Cranes: Sparks, Panavision London, Film Stock: Fuji, Film Laboratory Hungary: Magyar Filmlaboratórium Kft., Film Laboratory UK: Technicolor, Logo [Film Stock]: Fujifilm, Music Composed by: Simon Lacey, Choir: Metro Voices, Mahler Song Arrangements by: Simon Lacey, Choir Master: Jenny O'Grady, Musicians Contractor: Isobel Griffiths, Music Recorded at: Hear No Evil Studios (London), [Music] Recording Engineer: Steve Parr, German Music Consultant: Peter Selwyn, Sound Mixer: John Taylor, Boom Operator: Paul Cridlin, Sound Mixing: LipSync Post, Re-recording Mixer: Paul Cotterell, Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Davies, Dialogue Editor: Sean Hannah, Additional Dialogue Editor: Ian Morgan, Sound Effects Editor: Antonia Bates, ADR (Re-recording): Steve Haynes, Foley Artist: Rowena Wilkinson, Foley Artist: Sue Harding, Foley Mixer: Robert Brazier, Dialogue Coach: Andrew Jack, Good Films Ltd PR Director: Victoria Brooks, Unit Publicist: Larry Garrison, EPK: Special Treats, International PR (DDA PR Ltd): Susie Tullett
Cast
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Viggo Mortensen (Professor John Halder), Jason Isaacs (Maurice), Jodie Whittaker (Anne Hartmann), Steven Mackintosh (Freddie), Mark Strong (Bouhler), Gemma Jones (mother), Anastasia Hille (Helen), Ruth Gemmell (Elisabeth), Ralph Riach (Brunau), Steven Elder (Adolf Eichmann), Kevin Doyle (Commandant), David De Keyser (Mandelstam), Guy Henry (doctor), Adrian Schiller (Joseph Goebbels), Rick Warden (brownshirt), Charlie Condou (Bekemeier), Tallulah Boote Bond (Lotte), Benedict Segal (Eric), Kelly Wenham (pretty secretary), Declan Hannigan (handsome doctor (movie studio)), Annamária Cseh (beautiful woman (movie studio)), Paul Brennan (clerk), Matt Devere (SS motorcycle officer), Mike Kelly (party guest), Attila Szatmári (policeman), Péter Linka (SS officer), László Görög (neighbour)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(10)
In: Empire n239 May 2009 Page: 53Title: In cinemas: GoodAuthor: ERRIGO, Angie Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Pages: 61-62
Title: ReviewsAuthor: KEMP, Philip Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n5 May 2009 Pages: 40-42
Title: Body languageAuthor: WRATHALL, John Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Screenwriter, John Wrathall discusses his experiences of watching his screenplay for GOOD being filmed. Highlights in particular Viggo Mortensen's interpretation of the role of the film's protagonist, John Halder.
In: Deathray n21 Oct/Nov 2009 Page: 42
Title: The Rim: Doing NothingAuthor: HALEY, Guy Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v19 n9 September 2009 Page: 86
Title: Reviews: GoodAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n243 September 2009 Page: 129
Title: At home/DVD new: GoodAuthor: SMITH, Anna Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1667 14 Nov 2008 Page: 23
Title: Reviews: GoodAuthor: MCGAVIN, Patrick Z. Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1656 29 Aug 2008 Pages: 14-16,18,20,22-23
Title: The buck starts hereAuthor: SEGUIN, Denis [et al...] Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Overview of some of the challenges facing the Toronto International Film Festival as it aims to showcase Canadian talent despite tight funding. Plus brief previews of the films due to be screened during the 2008 festival.
In: Variety 15 Sep 2008 Page: 0
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: HARVEY, Dennis Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Web review.
In: Screen International n1597 18 May 2007 Page: 10
Title: People: Good timesAuthor: TUTT, Louise Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Brief profile of producer Miriam Segal and her efforts to ma ke GOOD, a look at the rise of Nazism in Germany in the 1930 s told from the perspective of an ordinary German family.